Peter Woan

FIGHT SONG (eBook, ePUB)

Four American Narratives Converge in College Football

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Every nation's past is prologue to its present, and every nation's story unfolds in its own way. In this book, a native Englishman and long-time resident of the United States, proposes four defining narratives that have helped fashion the nation's progression toward "becoming America."

. westward expansion, and a fascination for the moving frontier;
. hunger for land, reflected in national expansion through nineteenth-century geopolitical acquisitions, and the desire of individual Americans to grab their own piece of territory, leading to the iconic Homestead Act of 1862;
. the land-grant college movement, culminating in Justin Morrill's 1862 landmark legislation, representing a shift away from higher education dominated by religious imperatives to a more secular model, with significant state sponsorship;
. the GI Bill of Rights, enacted in 1944 for servicemen and women returning from WW II, and which provided (among other benefits) a free college education for millions of veterans.

These four themes are brought together through the uniquely American phenomenon of college football.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Archway Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 644
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781665744799
• Artikelnr.: 70072064

Autorenporträt

Peter Woan was born and educated in England and has lived in America since 1982. A former resident of Atlanta, he now lives in Chicago. He is married to Rebecca, and they have two children.